What our readers are saying: Take a stand for decency and integrity

One has to ask just what the heck is this country becoming? Where are the decent people that stand for what is right. How have we allowed the hateful and vile people to become the voice of our country? It used to be that being an American meant that one stood for decency, honor, compassion, and justice. How did we let people like Rush Limbaugh and a whole host of others whip up such base emotions as hatred, racism, sexism, and selfishness? We, as a country, should be ashamed.

Even so-called Christians are standing in lockstep with these vile and hateful people. People are always asking, "What would Jesus do or say?" I am certain that he would find those spouting such contemptible and loathsome words to be evil and immoral.

Cases in point:

-The parents of Bowe Bergdahl have been receiving death threats.

-Armed militia are terrorizing the citizens of Nevada and spouting over throwing the government.

-Children are massacred and we do nothing to prevent it.

-A candidate for the senate in Mississippi makes sexist jokes about young Mexican women.

-Joe the Plumber tells the parents of children killed in California that his Second Amendment rights are more important than their dead kids.

The list goes on and on. If there are any decent people left in this country, it is time to take a stand for decency and integrity and speak out against the plague of hatred that has infected our great nation.

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